That needs a little explanation: The gist is that the story should feel like the ending of a short novel, or at least a long story. The reader should at least get the gist of the story, but there will be things that are tantalizingly, tenuously explained, left up to the reader’s imagination.

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Neil Fein is a freelance editor who specializes in novels. If you’ve written a manuscript or are getting close to finishing, you can get in touch with him here, and even ask for a free sample edit. He rides his bicycle as much as he can, and he paints when he damn well feels like it. He’s also a musician who plays in a Celtic fusion band.